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AIR DISASTERS

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  • Peter Lorre, Brian Donlevy, Ralph Morgan, and Helen Wood in Crack-Up (1936)

    1. Crack-Up

    19361h 5mApproved
    6.1 (275)
    Colonel Gimpy heads a spy organization trying to get the plans for a new airplane. Test pilot Ace Martin agrees to help.
    DirectorMalcolm St. ClairStarsPeter LorreBrian DonlevyHelen Wood
  • Anna Lee in Non-Stop New York (1937)

    2. Non-Stop New York

    19371h 9m
    6.5 (462)
    A young woman finds herself as the intended victim of a murder plot on a transatlantic flight from London to New York.
    DirectorRobert StevensonStarsJohn LoderAnna LeeFrancis L. Sullivan
  • Ronald Colman in Lost Horizon (1937)

    3. Lost Horizon

    19372h 12mApproved
    7.6 (15K)
    When a revered diplomat's plane is diverted and crashes in the peaks of Tibet, he and the other survivors are guided to an isolated monastery at Shangri-La, where they wrestle with the invitation to stay.
    DirectorFrank CapraStarsRonald ColmanJane WyattEdward Everett Horton
  • John Boles, Bruce Cabot, and Madge Evans in Sinners in Paradise (1938)

    4. Sinners in Paradise

    19381h 5mApproved
    5.7 (605)
    After a plane crash in the Pacific the disparate band of survivors must learn to work together on a isolated island, change their self-centered ways, and examine their motives for wanting to escape from their pasts.
    DirectorJames WhaleStarsMadge EvansJohn BolesBruce Cabot
  • Lucille Ball, John Carradine, Wendy Barrie, Joseph Calleia, Allen Jenkins, Patric Knowles, Chester Morris, Elisabeth Risdon, C. Aubrey Smith, and Kent Taylor in Five Came Back (1939)

    5. Five Came Back

    19391h 15mApproved
    7.1 (2.5K)
    A plane has engine trouble while flying over a jungle inhabited by cannibals.
    DirectorJohn FarrowStarsChester MorrisLucille BallWendy Barrie
  • Byron Barr, Don Castle, Catherine Craig, Richard Denning, Ann Doran, Russell Hayden, and Richard Loo in Seven Were Saved (1947)

    6. Seven Were Saved

    19471h 13mApproved
    5.8 (233)
    Shortly after WW2, a military transport plane carrying an assortment of passengers crashes into the South China Sea forcing the survivors to await their rescue in a life raft.
    DirectorWilliam H. PineStarsRichard DenningCatherine CraigRussell Hayden
  • Broken Journey (1948)

    7. Broken Journey

    19481h 29mApproved
    5.8 (301)
    A plane crashes on a Swiss glacier. With the radio broken and food limited, the survivors debate whether to stay put and await uncertain rescue or embark into harsh conditions toward civilization.
    DirectorsKen AnnakinMichael C. ChorltonStarsPhyllis CalvertMargot GrahameJames Donald
  • Rory Calhoun and Audrey Long in Miraculous Journey (1948)

    8. Miraculous Journey

    19481h 23mApproved
    6.3 (86)
    How a plane crash in the jungle affects the survivors after they are rescued.
    DirectorSam NewfieldStarsRory CalhounAudrey LongVirginia Grey
  • John Wayne and Dawn Bender in Island in the Sky (1953)

    9. Island in the Sky

    19531h 49mApproved
    6.8 (4K)
    A C-47 transport plane, named the Corsair, makes a forced landing in the frozen wastes of Quebec, and the plane's pilot, Captain Dooley, must keep his men alive in deadly conditions while waiting for rescue.
    DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsJohn WayneLloyd NolanWalter Abel
  • John Wayne, Jan Sterling, David Brian, Laraine Day, Phil Harris, Robert Newton, Robert Stack, and Claire Trevor in The High and the Mighty (1954)

    10. The High and the Mighty

    19542h 27mApproved
    6.6 (6.9K)
    When a commercial airliner develops engine problems on a trans-Pacific flight and the pilot loses his nerve, it is up to the washed-up co-pilot Dan Roman to bring the plane in safely.
    DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsJohn WayneClaire TrevorLaraine Day
  • The Sea Shall Not Have Them (1954)

    11. The Sea Shall Not Have Them

    19541h 31mNot Rated
    6.3 (780)
    In the North Sea in 1944, passengers of a downed Royal Air Force transport aircraft talk about their lives while awaiting rescue in their dinghy.
    DirectorLewis GilbertStarsMichael RedgraveDirk BogardeBonar Colleano
  • The Night My Number Came Up (1955)

    12. The Night My Number Came Up

    19551h 34mNot Rated
    7.0 (1.7K)
    On a routine flight from Hong Kong to Japan, a British military transport aircraft's fate may or may not depend on a prophetic nightmare.
    DirectorLeslie NormanStarsMichael RedgraveSheila SimAlexander Knox
  • Back from Eternity (1956)

    13. Back from Eternity

    19561h 37mApproved
    6.5 (1.7K)
    After a commercial plane crash lands in a South American jungle, the passengers and pilots must patch up the engines and escape the cannibal-infested area.
    DirectorJohn FarrowStarsRobert RyanAnita EkbergRod Steiger
  • Jock Mahoney, Shirley Patterson, and William Reynolds in The Land Unknown (1957)

    14. The Land Unknown

    19571h 18mApproved
    5.7 (2.2K)
    Three men and a woman crash-land in a deep crater in Antarctica, where they find a prehistoric world.
    DirectorVirgil W. VogelStarsJock MahoneyShirley PattersonWilliam Reynolds
  • Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell, Sterling Hayden, and Peggy King in Zero Hour! (1957)

    15. Zero Hour!

    19571h 21mApproved
    6.6 (2.5K)
    In 1950s Canada, during a commercial flight, the pilots and some passengers suffer food poisoning, thus forcing an ex-WWII fighter pilot (Dana Andrews) to try to land the airliner in heavy fog.
    DirectorHall BartlettStarsDana AndrewsLinda DarnellSterling Hayden
  • Crash Landing (1958)

    16. Crash Landing

    19581h 16mApproved
    5.5 (292)
    Airplane passengers prepare for a crash landing in the ocean.
    DirectorFred F. SearsStarsGary MerrillNancy ReaganIrene Hervey
  • Guy Madison, Ilona Massey, Virginia Mayo, and George Raft in Jet Over the Atlantic (1959)

    17. Jet Over the Atlantic

    19591h 35mApproved
    5.6 (218)
    Assorted people board a plane with a fire bomb in its luggage hold.
    DirectorByron HaskinStarsGuy MadisonVirginia MayoGeorge Raft
  • Jet Storm (1959)

    18. Jet Storm

    19591h 28m
    6.5 (588)
    A grieving father boards a plane, threatening to detonate a bomb unless the man responsible for his daughter's death is found. The film follows the various passengers and their personal storylines as the tense situation unfolds mid-flight.
    DirectorCy EndfieldStarsRichard AttenboroughStanley BakerHermione Baddeley
  • Richard Attenborough, Pier Angeli, Eva Bartok, Eddie Constantine, and John Gregson in SOS Pacific (1959)

    19. SOS Pacific

    19591h 32m
    6.2 (482)
    Due to an accident, a seaplane operated by a small airline company ditches off an island in the Pacific and the surviving passengers must find a way to be rescued.
    DirectorGuy GreenStarsRichard AttenboroughPier AngeliJohn Gregson
  • Horrors of Spider Island (1960)

    20. Horrors of Spider Island

    19601h 17mUnrated
    2.7 (4.3K)
    Survivors of a plane crash on a remote island find it is covered by spiders. When bitten, the survivors start turning into spiders!
    DirectorFritz BöttgerStarsHarald MareschHelga FranckAlexander D'Arcy
  • The Crowded Sky (1960)

    21. The Crowded Sky

    19601h 45mApproved
    5.7 (1.1K)
    Disaster movie about a Navy jet and a commercial airliner heading for a mid air collision.
    DirectorJoseph PevneyStarsDana AndrewsRhonda FlemingEfrem Zimbalist Jr.
  • Vladimir Vysotskiy in 713 prosit posadku (1962)

    22. 713 prosit posadku

    19621h 18m
    5.7 (116)
    Transatlantic flight 713 is in trouble because the pilot and crew are poisoned while flying above the ocean. Now the passengers have to take control to save their lives.
    DirectorGrigori NikulinStarsVladimir ChestnokovOtar KoberidzeLev Kruglyy
  • Lord of the Flies (1963)

    23. Lord of the Flies

    19631h 32mNot Rated67Metascore
    6.9 (21K)
    Schoolboys marooned on a Pacific island create their own savage civilization.
    DirectorPeter BrookStarsJames AubreyTom ChapinHugh Edwards
  • Flight from Ashiya (1964)

    24. Flight from Ashiya

    19641h 40mNot Rated
    5.3 (785)
    A flight crew tries to save the survivors of a shipwreck off the coast of Japan during a raging typhoon.
    DirectorMichael AndersonStarsYul BrynnerRichard WidmarkGeorge Chakiris
  • The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)

    25. The Flight of the Phoenix

    19652h 22mApproved
    7.5 (23K)
    After an oil company plane crashes in the Sahara, the survivors' hopes are buoyed by one of the passengers, an airplane designer who comes up with a plan to build a flyable plane from the wreckage.
    DirectorRobert AldrichStarsJames StewartRichard AttenboroughPeter Finch

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